Post-individualism
Severin Matusek and
Post-individualism
The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we.
The antithesis is that collectivist coordination is its own reward; that we “formation fly” because we simply like mutuality and interdependence more than isolation and independence, and any collectivizable rewards for doing so are simply gravy.
Venkatesh Rao • Narrative Slipstream Effects
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
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Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic.
Likes, friends and followers do not provide us with resonance; they only strengthen the echoes of the self.
